Appendix table 4.  Manufacturing sector: Productivity, hourly compensation, and unit labor costs
 Indexes 1992=100
                                                                             Real
                     Output per                  Hours       Compensa-       compensa-      Unit 
                     hour of                     of all      tion per        tion per       labor
       Year          all persons    Output       persons     hour (1)        hour (2)       costs
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       1987            r89.1        r92.4       r103.8         81.3           r98.0        r91.3
       1988            r90.9        r97.2       r106.9         84.1            97.8        r92.5
       1989            r91.9        r98.8       r107.6         86.6            96.6        r94.3

       1990            r93.9        r98.5       r104.9        r90.5           r96.1        r96.4
       1991            r96.3        r96.8       r100.5         95.6            98.0        r99.2
       1992            100.0        100.0        100.0        100.0           100.0        100.0
       1993           r102.6       r103.9       r101.3       r102.0           r99.6        r99.5
       1994           r106.2       r110.1       r103.7       r105.3          r100.6        r99.2

       1995           r111.0       r115.9       r104.4        107.3           100.1        r96.7
       1996           r115.0       r119.8       r104.2        109.3            99.4        r95.1
       1997           r121.3       r128.7       r106.0       r112.2           r99.8        r92.5
       1998           r127.9       r135.3        105.8       r118.7          r104.2        r92.8
       1999           r133.7       r140.4       r105.1       r123.5          r106.1        r92.4

       2000           r139.1       r144.2       r103.7       r134.7          r112.0        r96.9
       2001           r141.2       r136.9        r96.9       r137.8          r111.5        r97.6
       2002           r151.0       r136.0        r90.1       r147.8          r117.7        r97.9
       2003           r160.4       r137.3        r85.6       r158.2          r123.2        r98.7
       2004           r163.9       r139.7        r85.2       r161.5          r122.4        r98.5

       2005           r171.9       r144.8        r84.3       r168.3          r123.5        r97.9
       2006           r173.8       r147.5        r84.9       r173.0          r122.8        r99.5
       2007           r179.7       r149.9        r83.4       r182.3          r125.9       r101.4
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 See footnotes following Table 6.                            May 7, 2008
 r=revised                                                   Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics